Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
Foreign Correspondence,
LETTER FROM MISS WICK HILL
LONDON July 10Th 1887,

of Sir Walter Scott. Ii is now in pos
session of his great-grand daughter
who kindly admits the public TO til
study and the library and armory
They arc both filled up and ornament
ed with quaint and elegant oak furni
ture, stalnary copied from Metros,
Abbey and Ro.lin Chapel, and y mag
nifccnt variety Of bric-a.brac. present
cd to the great ant!Iorsby his admir-
Ing friends. The library contains 20
OO0 volumes, all arranged just as Scot
left them; indeed, his entire apart
ments have never been changed, ant
remain. to-day precisely as they wer'
when his lite closed.
The arlEOry j. a most intcrestin!
and instructive collection OF antiqai
ties and relics Of royalty, aomirabi,
arranged tor observation. y portal
of Scott. seated Oh n m~oss-covere'
stone, with book in hand, and his tw,
logs by his side, hangs upon the wall
and Is the finest specimen of art VI
have We, seer in Europe. Abbotsfor,
is an ideal place, and AS one pcrambn
me- " ''';o;m ,nh1 n. '.h Hm
it of the great "WiZzard of the North
still dwclls there and animates The
whole.
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"e,' g ".''' y, =, n,naain.aI. IN ~,
r,wnoa W. anm;n. ro.;rol
'"a" n,;,h ,', no $1,000 nr,an Swond one
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"rom,i !, SEQ, wa his via aro hnr,
al n";,h;n ono nf:,H cLnnois S,ramrq
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sno;a.;nns sho,,I holn NOON mod 70,
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w.. ,n,y s,onhs i ia orn Of ~,
fnos, ,nor;mons ~, Gn.bio or,I;,er.
tnrn and most snnprh ,trnctnrns IN
Srnt},nl lis delirotc r,cnrv mud
Locnt;tn) rorvipq arc most wonderfnl.
IT, n,o.arvnl nm;,j So mnrI rnthio:s
i]o.trnrt;on ghc nnugiasses tinyGn.
dor ,bc II N;cbncl Srn,t and Unort ~,
Eohnrt rrurn. NIL ros. bcrc And /, i.
ihc Some Won win rcmombnr' Of the
~ ny nj the Last Minstrel
We reorEnd London Inst "Wednesday
MON, ond oro onto cnmfnr,ahlv sc,-
tlnd at n nood nriyoto hn,rl nroy;ous.
ly rpcommcr6nd hy friends n is cen.
t%rollv locntoL md tho cboruos nader.
a,c Eut onr stov here inns far Inns
NOT bcrn sn nlraSnnt nor our sirht.
:on;nr 81 surcneeful nc In scotland Tnw.
inc t1 vnrious adverse circumstances
After yjs;t 10 the American tx.
chance. on Thursday made donbIv in
inrnsI;nr nv ,hc r]nrentinn n. letters
from Eonn wo WONT ovor "a ,hn M.
,;onnI Gallery NJ Ar low honrs in
,,irh = nIorn i rotInr nns.t;sf,c,nry,
INT rho collection is Immense md con.
toins some of thp host PAINTINGS
M fro oroot masinrs snrh os Ia.
nLocI Ti,ion rnrrnyrio 10 wa. os.
nn"iai)v intorr.Jod ~ tho ,rr,t vori.
rty and snIcnd;dIy nyocntcd nic,nros
Of animals hy Inndsonr, nn,onm ,hcm
wcrn some finer doc, EVAN Tim vonr
in.nnarnlio rnmpaufn, "Rnrrrn Tro.
fnlyar Sonarc' inst onnnsi,n tho Ar,
Gallery, contains mngniiccpt NOM
nmart,o Lord Nclsnu At nnch corncr
~ which oro fonr ;rnmnnso l;ouc Inv
Iar1conr Tho, oro w~nniortnl %snoc;.
men Of ~, Wn fnishnJ Tho 1oy H.,
SEAM I~ryi.r and Miss Trrrv NAV ,hcc
Norrhoni ri Venice of wh;cb i viii
NOT vouIurr II criticism
Fridnr wo sot onar, far. q visit In
Wn.tminstrr Abhnrnnd van con ;,ou,
inc onr Observation-Disclosures md tLorn,mh
discus, vhcn wc tomnd fiat flo hn;iJ.
inc wos closn-ond wonlI he for thrno
,ccnt III nrdpr IN rnmnro tho ;nhiioc
decorations Wo ,hnn rrnssnG 9vor ~
P,rlio,nnu, TIonsn 10 Nnd ,Lati, hoJ
hnon cIoeol inr yc.rs omn;n.i non'
craI vi.;,or. nrd oniv 100 ,ror1oI
,ni,,cS whn had wri,.nn rorn,;son,
from, nu.W p We t,rn thn,,,I. ~,
socnrimr nhm;ss;nn thronnh W7n;,,o
pbaIns In, worn no,i,njy ~, ,h". ,br
two dsijv ,;stnts oiIowoJ him hoG
bnnu nron;sni to otLars fnr. wooL'
in odroncn YoY Sam w,ii ;m,,;nr
,ho, wa wore M, co." on;a,I" e.,
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ho,tor rnsuIts an nnr ro,rn Man, T ,an,
,bc cnn,im"nt We ,hon ,i.;,ca IN" ,h'
Tnwor With wc so,v nr;,a ,hn.ar,h
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grr,,Iv ;n,crns,o1 in ,hn s,ionJ;d ,an.
onn,,ina hsil oftho pa,ond Inn,;,;n'
nnrPruLon. AND tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tom ri Chorlc. tLn F;yst
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n Glance a, ,i,r "" ''u7 ''n
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clnb ronno ,hc,o a,a ,ho .",,n
mora, pp, ca, any any,, m1 mt'r'. .ic
,Ioros os,,or o"n u" niTn,lon 'lcs'
fhovo co i;,,io Una !, W. HnoSn any
i,'an,n ,hana 'r'p, = heeV'ess u
os,;na oxh;h;,s JIuU, INC mus 'naer
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larga %olooon, h"ii i or Wa" n Sun ,r;, :
mnst,iro ill., ~ .n,"c'! my" WI.
- fnn "TmC ''p, ',en."''ons ~ way